Artivism: Using Art to Inspire Movements for Change with Students

How can art be used as a form of activism? How do we support our students to use their voices, through art, to make change? Specifically for educators teaching grades 4-12, participants will gain an understanding of the specific strategies to prepare for doing this work responsibly with students. Through inspiring curricular examples, participants will be able to identify clear ways in which they can incorporate artivism into their classroom communities. The workshop will also support how to identify an authentic audience for students to share their artwork to make it most meaningful. This workshop is not exclusively for art teachers, but for any educator who wishes to use art as a medium for creating change. It will not require teachers to plan new units or entirely new curricular content but rather to see this as an opportunity to rethink how to access and experience existing curricular content in a new way or to explore interdisciplinary connections.